Sanitary garment-shield.



A. VOSS.

SANITARY GARMENT SHIELD.

APPLICATION HLED s111111. 19, 1912.

1,076,252. Patentedoen. 21, 1913.

gunna/Moz @familie 1705.5.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

ANTOINETTE eVOSS, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 HUGO DU BROCK, 0FCHICAGO,

ILLINOIS. 4

SANITARY GARMENT-SHIELD.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0015.21, 1913.

To. all whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, AN'roINE'rrE Voss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ot Illinois, haveinvented certain new and, useful Improvements in Sanitary Garment-Shields, of which the following is a specicat-ion.

The garment-shield which is the subject 'of the present invention isdesigned to be article comprises a Ashield or apron which is composed ofa lower portion 5 and an upper portion for which latter any suitablefabric may be employed. The lower portion of the shield may be of somewateryroof, rubberized or similar fabric, and is sewed or otherwiseconnected to the upper portion.

The top edge of the upper portion is capped with a ribbon or tape 7 vtowhich is removably connected, by ordinary glove-snaps 8, the rearportion of a waist-band 9. Integral Vwith the waist-band, at the rearportion thereof, is a depending yflap 10. The waistband is divided atthe front and the two ends thereof are detachably fastened to ai smallsubstantially trifoliate sheet 11 by safety pins or other suitablefasteners 12. The lower end of the flap 10 is also fastened to the upperportion of the part 5 by glovesnaps 13. The catamenial bandage 14 isfastened at one end to the lower end of the Hap 10, and at its other endto the sheet 11, by means of safety pins or other suitable fasteners.

The herein described construction'enables the shield and the waist-bandto be used 1ndependently of each other. Hence, when the shield is to bedispensed with the snaps 8 and 13 arepulled apart, whereupon the shieldcan be relnoved without disturbing the adjustment of the waist-band. Thedetachability of the parts also makes( them easier to wash, and to bekept in a sanitary condition.

I claim:

The combination of a waist-band having a depending Hap intermediate itsends, 'a shield to which tlie ends of the waist-band are detachablyconnected, an apron detachably connected to that portion of thewaistband having the depending flap and overlapping the latter, and adetachable connection between said shield and the lower end of the flap.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTOINETTE Voss.

